Shoe-lace.



E. KEMPSHALL.

SHOE LACE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1911.

1,073,496. Patented Sept. 16,1913,

E1) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELEAZER KEMPSHALII, OF CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOB, BY MESNE ASSIGN-MENTS, TO KEMPSHALL FAST COLOR TIP COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SHOE-LACE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 8, 1911. Serial No. 624,759.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELEAZER KEMPSHALL,

a citizen of the United States of America,

and at presenta resident of Chevy Chase, Maryland, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Shoe-Laces, and Particularly inthe Tip or other Hardened Portion Thereof; and I declare theaccompanying to be a full and accurate description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing and to the claims for a specificstatement of what I regard my invention to be.

The object of my present invention is to provide a lace with a celluloidtip, the celluloid impregnating the lace to form an anchor.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for temporarilybinding the compressed end of a lace, and subsequently coating thebinder with pyroxylin, the latter intermingling with the binder andimpregmating-the threads at the compressed end of the lace, whereby toform an effective anchor between the tip and the lace.

In the acoompanyin drawing: Fi re .1 is a side view of t e finishedarticle. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is across-section on Fig. 2, showing the lace pressed and dipped. Fig. 4 isa cross-section of a form in which the lace end is wrapped with a stripof adhesive material before dipping, and Fig. 5 is a cross-section of aform in which the lace is primed with glue or'other adhesive substance.

A indicates an ordinary lace having its ends rolled or compressed, asindicated at A but one end of the lace being shown in the drawing. Thecompressed end A is held in shape by a temporary binder 2, which may bein the form of permeable gummed cloth, or glue. After the binder isapplied, the compressed end of the lace is provided with a coating ofcelluloid, which extends through and intermingles with the bindermaterial and impregnates the lace the celluloid taking hold of the laceand forming an effective anchor, whereby the tip is absolutely preventedfrom pulling away from the lace.

In lieu of celluloid I may employ equivalent material, such as celluloseacetate, bakelite or similar substances, which will, like the celluloid,take into and hold fast to the strands of the lace.

The temporary binder may be dispensed with, and the celluloid applied tothe rolled or compressed end, in which case the celluloid impregnatesthe lace and intermingles with the strands in the same manner aspreviously described.

In some instances the laces are round, or are solid, and therefore theend need not Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

be further rolled or compressed, this being a matter which is in thediscretion of the manufacturer.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: I

1. A shoe lace having its end compressed, a strip of permeable adhesivesubstance surrounding the compressed end, and a coating of celluloidover the adhesive substance, the celluloid and the adhesive substancebeing intermingled and impregnatin the fibers of the compressed portion0 the string whereby to form a homogeneous tip.

2. A shoe lace having its ends compressed, a temporary binder on eachcompressed end of the lace, and a tip composed of material whichpermeates the temporary binder and impregnates the compressed ends ofthe ace.

3. A shoe lace having its end compressed, and a tip comprising celluloidwhich impregnates the compressed end, the celluloid forming with thecompressed end a homogeneous hard mass.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this 3rd dav of May, A.D. 1911.

ELEAZER KEMPSHALL.

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